lateral

[Lat·er*al]

When something is extending to the side or moving to the side, it’s lateral. "All of the lateral movement in tennis hurt her knees and she had to quit playing."

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Of or pertaining to the sides; as, the lateral walls of a house; the lateral branches of a tree.

Noun
a pass to a receiver upfield from the passer

Adjective S.
lying away from the median and sagittal plane of a body; "lateral lemniscus"

Adjective S.
situated at or extending to the side; "the lateral branches of a tree"; "shot out sidelong boughs"- Tennyson


a.
Of or pertaining to the sides; as, the lateral walls of a house; the lateral branches of a tree.

a.
Lying at, or extending toward, the side; away from the mesial plane; external; -- opposed to mesial.

a.
Directed to the side; as, a lateral view of a thing.


Lateral

Lat"er*al , a. [L. lateralis, fr. latus, lateris, side: cf. F.lat'82ral.] 1. Of or pertaining to the sides; as, the lateral walls of a house; the lateral branches of a tree. 2. (Anat.) Lying at, or extending toward, the side; away from the mesial plane; external; -- opposed to mesial. 3. Directed to the side; as, a lateral view of a thing. Lateral cleavage (Crystallog.), cleavage parallel to the lateral planes. -- Lateral equation (Math.), an equation of the first degree. [Obs.] -- Lateral line (Anat.), in fishes, a line of sensory organs along either side of the body, often marked by a distinct line of color. -- Lateral pressure or stress (Mech.), a pressure or stress at right angles to the length, as of a beam or bridge; -- distinguished from longitudinal pressure or stress. -- Lateral strength (Mech.), strength which resists a tendency to fracture arising from lateral pressure. -- Lateral system (Bridge Building), the system of horizontal braces (as between two vertical trusses) by which lateral stiffness is secured.

Of or pertaining to the sides; as, the lateral walls of a house; the lateral branches of a tree.

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Usage Examples

The other thing about FEMA, my understanding is that it was supposed to move into the Department of Homeland Security... and be what it was, but also having a lot of lateral communication with all those others involved in that issue of homeland security.

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